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HC seeks Maha's reply on plea seeking amendments to MTP Act
The Bombay High Court today issued a notice to the Maharashtra government on a PIL seeking amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act to allow rape victims to undergo an abortion even after the currently-permitted limit of 20 weeks. The plea filed by a local NGO has cited previous incidents, where the apex court and several high courts were forced to deny such a permission to rape victims, owing to the limitations of the act. Under the MTP Act, a woman can legally undergo an abortion under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner within 12weeks of her pregnancy. In case the woman has been pregnant for over 12 weeks but less than 20weeks, the opinion of two medical practitioners is required for an abortion. However, in such cases, there is a substantial risk to the woman's life or to her unborn child if she opts for an abortion. According to the petition, in case of a pregnancy caused by rape, the risk to the woman's mental health too must be considered an
Soldier shot in Uttar Pradesh
A soldier was shot at in the broad daylight in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Wednesday.Lance Naik Anil Kumar was taken to military hospital after he was shot at in B.I Bazaar, Cantonment area.As soon as the news of shooting spread, several shops were shut down in the market.The accused youth surrendered in the Cantonment Police Station, where the Army officers interrogated him.
Alimuddin Murder Case: Ramgarh court hands life imprisonment to 11 accused
A Ramgarh Court on Wednesday sentenced the 11 accused in connection with the Alimuddin murder case in Ramgarh district to a lifetime in prison.Alimuddin, also known as Asgar Ansari, was intercepted by a mob and beaten to death in June last year over suspicions of transporting beef in his vehicle near Bazartand village. The mob later set the vehicle ablaze.Following the lynching incident, section 144 was imposed in Ramgarh.The incident happened a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to castigate the violence over beef consumption and illegal cattle trade."Killing people in the name of gau bhakti is not acceptable. This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve of." tweeted Modi, adding that no one would be allowed to take the law into their owns hands.The Vice-President, M. Venkaiah Naidu, also condemend the incident, saying the matter must not be viewed from a religious angle.
Three run over by minibus
At least three persons, including a 9-year-old girl and her father, were run over and killed and a woman was seriously injured today by a minibus in Odisha's Ganjam district, the police said. The minibus from Digapahandi was on way to Chikiti when it first ran over a 65-yar old at Kolathia village and then crushed a bike in which a couple and their daughter were travelling, the sub-divisional police officer of Chikiti, Prakash Chandra Jena said. The person on foot and the man on the bike were killed on the spot while his daughter died on way to MKCG Medical College and Hospital here, he said. The man's wife is under treatment at the hopsital, where doctors said her condition was serious.
Man gets 8-yr RI for kidnapping, raping minor girl
A court here today awarded eight years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a man for raping a minor girl after kidnapping her in the district in 2007. Fast-Track Court judge Mohammad Khurshid Alam held Vijay Kumar Sah alias Pappu guilty under section 376 (rape) of the IPC and sentenced him to eight years of RI. The court also awarded the convict another seven-year jail term under section 366(A) (procuration of minor girl) of the IPC and a four-year jail term under section 365 (kidnapping) of the IPC. All the three sentences will run concurrently. The victim girl was kidnapped and raped on March 9, 2007.
53-yr-old man gets life for sexually assaulting 4-yr-old girl
A court here today sentenced a 53-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his daughter's four-year-old friend and said he was a "paedophile" who violated a child. The offence was committed on a "vulnerable" child, who was an "easy prey", and adequate sentence was required to be imposed on him to keep public faith in the justice delivery system, the court said. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma handed down the jail term to west Delhi resident Akhilesh Arya for the offence of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, while observing there should be "zero tolerance" to such offences. "I am of the considered opinion that the convict should be awarded a substantive, stern and firm sentence because it has been proved by the prosecution that he is a paedophile, who has violated a minor child," the judge said. "Keeping into consideration the fact that the act of aggravated penetrative sexual assault is an act of a
Diamond baron Vasant Gajera held for usurping Surat land
Prominent diamantaire Vasant Gajera, owner of jewellery manufacturing firm Laxmi Diamond, was today arrested for allegedly forging property documents to usurp a piece of land in Vesu area of the city, police said. He is the brother of Congress leader Dhiru Gajera who unsuccessfully contested the December 2017 elections from Varachha Road constituency in the city. Gajera was summoned to Umra police station and was arrested after questionning, an official said. In a complaint lodged against Gajera in 2003, one Vajubhai Malani claimed that the former had forged the documents to usurp his land and constructed a compound wall around it. Malani later moved the high court after police failed to act on his complaint. Stating that an offence was made out against Gajera, the high court had ordered police to register an FIR. "Vasant Gajera was today arrested on the basis of the FIR after ACP (F Division) investigated the matter," DCP Vidhi Chaudhary told reporters. He was booked ...
Delhi Police files charge sheet in Bawana fire case
The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed charge sheet in connection with Bawana fire case, in which 17 people were charred to death in a massive blaze at a firecracker storage unit in Delhi's Bawana area.Earlier in January, a Delhi court sent the owners of the firecracker factory Manoj jain and Lalit Goyal, accused in the Bawana fire, to judicial custody.On January 20, 17 people were killed in a fire at a firecracker storage unit in Bawana area in New Delhi.Of the 17 killed, 10 were women. A man and woman were also injured.
Delhi Assembly passes resolution for probe into SSC scam
The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe into all exams conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) from 2016, following an alleged scam in an examination.
Delhi to provide legal aid to JNU 'molestation' case victims
The Delhi assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution asking the Delhi government to provide legal aid to victims of the alleged molestation case in Jawaharlal Nehru University, by appointing special public prosecutors.
Suspected extortionist held in Goa
A 37-year-old history sheeter from Delhi was arrested today in Goa in connection with an extortion case pending against him in Rajasthan, police said. Ravinder Kumar Singh was arrested from Candolim village in North Goa beach belt by Calangute police on a tip off, said police inspector Jivba Dalvi. Singh, a residence of Hauz Khas in Delhi, has been absconding since February 7 after he was booked for extortion by Vigyan Nagar police in Rajasthan. Dalvi said the accused had arrived in Goa last week. Singh was traced to Candolim on the basis of a photograph circulated by Rajasthan police. "A team of Rajasthan police is arriving here tonight to take the custody of the accused," he said.
14 arrested for rape of minor tribal girl
Fourteen persons have been arrested on charges of raping a 15-year-old tribal girl on March 11, police said today. A search is on for another accused who is absconding, Deputy Superintendent of Police Manguru (Sub-Division) R Saibaba said. Fourteen persons in the age group of 20-25 had allegedly raped the girl in a forest area near Pandurangapuram village in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district of the state. After committing the crime, the gang dropped the girl at the house of a 45-year-old man, who also allegedly raped her in the night the same day, Deputy Superintendent of Police Manguru (Sub-Division) R Saibaba said. Fourteen accused, including the 45-year-old man, were arrested yesterday and remanded to judicial custody, the DSP told PTI. The girl had gone to a shop when five of the accused, who are known to her, pulled her into an autorickshaw and took her to the forest where they allegedly raped her. The five later telephoned their nine friends who reached the spot on ...
Ready to proceed with hearing in Nissan case, TN informs HC
The Tamil Nadu government today informed the Madras High Court that it was ready to proceed with the hearing in the case it filed against Japanese auto-maker Nissan and that it need not be deferred. Earlier, when the case had come up before Justice Anita Sumanth, senior counsel P S Raman, appearing for Nissan, had hinted at the possibility of an amicable solution with the government. However, Advocate General Vijay Narayan, appearing for the government, today insisted that the court hear its plea to stall the international arbitration initiated by Nissan and grant interim relief. "We are aggrieved by the international arbitration, there is some urgency on our side. We are ready to proceed with the hearing of the case and the court need not defer the hearing," he said. To this, the judge asked, "What is the urgency when Tamil Nadu is not even a party to the arbitration? How is the application maintainable?" The advocate general said the state government and Nissan had signed an ...
Two held for smuggling gold worth Rs 1.4 cr at Delhi airport
Two men were today arrested by the customs for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 1.4 crore at Delhi airport, an official statement said. The arrests took place in two separate incidents. In the first case, a passenger was intercepted after his arrival from Dammam. "His personal and baggage search resulted in recovery of gold weighing 2.5 kg, in the form of 40 pieces of sheet concealed in the ten emergency light battery carried by him, having market value of Rs 75.65 lakh," the statement issued by the customs said. In the other case, the accused was intercepted after his arrival from Dubai. He was allegedly carrying gold weighing 1.9 kg, valued at Rs 58.09 lakh, by concealing it inside cardboard boxes and school bags being carried by him, it said. The value of the gold, which has been seized, in these two cases is about Rs 1.4 crore, the statement said, adding that both the passengers have been arrested.
Bawana fire: Factory owner, 6 others chargesheeted by police
The Delhi Police today filed a charge sheet in a city court against the owner of a firecracker factory in northwest Delhi, where 17 people were killed in a massive blaze earlier this year. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gagandeep Singh, before whom the police filed the document, took cognisance of the charge sheet and summoned factory owner Manoj Jain, co-owner Lalit Goyal and five others as accused before it on April 4. A fire had broken out in the storage unit on the ground floor of the two-storey building in Bawana area on January 20 and engulfing the entire structure. Of the 17 killed, 10 were women. A man and woman were also injured in the incident. Besides Manoj and Lalit, five other persons named as accused in the 800-page charge sheet are Surjeet Goyal, Girish Rathore, Sangeeta Vijay Yadav, Uma Mittal and Brij Bhushan Sood. Surjeet and Girish were business partners of Manoj and Lalit in another factory in Bawana, while accused Uma had rented out the factory premise to Manoj, ...
HC upholds life term to man for raping minor daughter, says he acted like beast
The Madras High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a man, who sexually assaulted his minor daughter, observing that he had behaved like a beast and committed a brutal, inhuman and shameful act. The Madurai bench of the court, in its recent order, said there could never be a graver, heinous crime than a man being charged with raping his daughter. "It is the gravest sin, where the most platonic relationship is shattered by an extreme pervert and shameful act of...one's own father," a bench of justices R Subbiah and Jagadish Chandira observed. It was confirming the judgment of the Mahila Court in Madurai, which had awarded life imprisonment to the man, who had sexually assaulted his 16-year-old daughter four times at knifepoint, under the influence of liquor and drugs, on May 30, 2015 in their house. "The accused, in our opinion, has behaved like a beast and committed a brutal, inhuman and shameful act on his own daughter...it will undoubtedly remain as an invisible scar in ...
BJP leader gets life imprisonment for murder
A fast track court in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Wednesday awarded 11 people, including a BJP leader, life imprisonment for killing a person on charges of carrying beef.
Delhi Waqf tribunal re-constituted to look into disputes: HC told
A tribunal to prosecute all disputes in respect of waqf property and waqf issues has been reconstituted, the AAP government told the Delhi High Court today. The submission was made before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, which was hearing a plea seeking setting up of a tribunal to hear waqf matters. The petition filed by advocate Shahid Ali has also sought a direction to enforce eviction orders which have already been passed and awaiting enforcement for several years regarding 990 waqf properties illegally encroached upon in the national capital. Delhi government's additional standing counsel Naushad Ahmed Khan said that acting on the plea, a notification for re-constitution of a three-member Delhi Waqf Tribunal was issued on March 12. "Lt Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to re constitute the Delhi Waqf Tribunal for Delhi for the determination of any dispute, question or other matter relating to a Waqf or Waqf ...
JKLA panel calls for technical inquiry into allotment of construction works for Ganpat Bridge
A Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly committee today directed the PWD to constitute a technical panel to probe the process of allotment of construction works for the Ganpat bridge in Doda district. The directions were issued by the Committee on Public Undertakings (PUC). The committee noted that works for the bridge's construction were allotted without inviting any tender in 2010-11. The payment of unsecured interest free mobilisation advance to the contractor resulted in an undue favour to the contractor and interest loss of Rs 1.64 crore, it said. The government cancelled the allotment in 2014, the panel stated. The committee met under the chairmanship of BJP MLA Sat Paul Sharma. It examined the CAG's audit paragraphs pertaining to the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) besides reviewing the overall working of the corporation. The committee directed public works department (PWD) official to look into loopholes, if any, in the process for allotment of ...
Centre wants to make PowerPoint presentation on Aadhaar in SC
The Centre on Wednesday sought the Supreme Court's permission to present a PowerPoint presentation on Aadhaar in the top court.Appearing on the behalf of the Centre, Attorney General urged the apex court to allow the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for a PowerPoint presentation on Aadhaar scheme in the court to allay concerns.The Attorney General told the Supreme Court that proper security measures have been adopted to ensure that data is not leaked from data centers in any form.Chief Justice Dipak Misra said he will fix the time for the presentation after discussing the matter with other judges of the five-judge constitution bench he is heading.However, the Attorney General's submissions in the case were inconclusive and would continue tomorrow before the Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench.The bench is hearing a number of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling Act.On Tuesday, the apex court indefinitely ...